You gain either 5 or no stamina and 8 or 6 defense rating, to gain 308 armor, some extra dps on your weapon and lose out on either hit rating or weaponskill rating (giving some crit and hit rating as well)

Maybe Im just being stupid but this sword is really not that big of an upgrade if you can even call it an upgrade, shame.

Comment by cpkfolief

I hope you don't ever do any tanking.

Comment by Xaria

Why, afraid im right? The hit rating on King's defender is far more usefull then the 5 stamina you gain. But hey seeing the awesome rating I got im sure the most of you here have no clue about tanking.

all this, for -17 hit, which is less than 1%. I don't know about you, but I don't really miss my targets that much. :-) So can't see why the minor increase to crit/hit, compared to what you get instead, can make you say this is a poor upgrade.

Comment by lordmorgul

Xaria... I honestly hope noone reads/listens to your posts here at all. The dps difference from KD up to this weapon alone... just that dps difference... is worth an incredible amount of threat compared to losing the hit. The dps difference is worth giving up stamina rather than gaining it... its worth losing armor rather than gaining it.

The hit on KD is so small as to be statistically insignificant anyway, and the higher tier armor sets have some hit to offset the loss.

An upgrade to mainhand weapon dps for a prot warrior is always significant.

Comment by stampy

No imp thunderclap, no imp demo shout, no toughness (!), and yet improved shield bash and 4/5 unbridled wrath made it in there.

Awful.

Comment by Xaria

lol, thats not my character.My char is called Xaaria and is on Kor'gall -.-Yes its a warlock, and this is offtopic so lol QQ more ;pOh right my tank main is Anju on Magtheridon, hf.

Comment by Vouz

Uh, spamming Heroic Strike on bosses is very clever. Unless you got some very high avoidance and get an "unlucky" streak of dodges/misses, you will be swimming in rage. HS isnt affected by global cooldown which is your biggest limitation for generating aggro, so spam this as much as you can (if you got the rage for it - which on a hard hitting boss, you do).

White damage responsible for 45-50% of your overall threat? I'd say more like 25-33% - but still is a considerable big part.

Comment by Oblivion1012

Drops in Hyjal Summit from Anetheron

Comment by Mord69

Sorry for being a bit a noob, but what is KD?

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Comment by LoKHor

Playing a human warrior, I would definitely go for this if I ever took him to T6 content. The stam and dps alone are drool-worthy. However, if you don't benefit from using swords, then the Brutalizer is worth getting over this. It all just comes down to personal preference. Plus, this sword looks pretty freaking awesome. One can only dream ^.^

Comment by St3FuN

guys 1 rouge needed it and goten it i would kick those ninjas like him. NO not kick i would ban them forever ban acount, IP i woul kill them i i i hate him. HE IS NOOOOOOB and NINJA and for other rogues if u want sword so badly take blade of savagery or etc. not tanking sword.

Comment by Aprugaros

As a human warrior, this sword is easily better than The Brutalizer because of racials.

... and you can easily hit the 5% yellow hit cap (because the extra 4% for white hits will make a huge threat difference, amirite?) with other gear you should be seeing by the time you kill Anetheron (*cough* Akama loot *cough*).

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Comment by ScarCrow

hmmm...looks like Kingsfall, the dagger from Kel'thuzad just that it's bigger

Comment by Mahuchil

But the biggest question is : Is it better than The Brutalizer (http://www.wowhead.com/?item=32254). Personally I'd take this over the other 1 becuase the other looks really really dumb and 2 this one has armor which does the obvious thing. Just my opinion, they are both the same level (141)

If you're neither human nor orc, then it's a matter of the situation in which you're tanking: Threat-senstive fights would benefit more from the additional TPS that The Brutalizer offers, while bosses who gleefully pound your face in would generally be better faced with the additional effective health that The Unbreakable Will grants.

Comment by shippou

it doesn't mean YOUR will will be unbreakble, only the sword's will

Comment by Texicola

Why the hell does the screenshot have a ROGUE with this wep???

Comment by tenten

rogue with t4 plate gloves? (*cough* it warrior with t6 rogue look a like shoulders on pic)

Comment by zomgz

It is a rogue check the other screen shots he/she submitted.

Comment by robyexpert

I think this is best tank sword. 21 def rating 308 armor and 33 stamina

Comment by chelovek

As a human warrior im trying to decide which to use, i currently use Mallet of the Tides, but im thinking of picking this up, I gain the racial expertise with both of these, which would be better?

Comment by Kennie

Ad'al figures out that He's to imba for Shatt and razes it to the ground!

Comment by Ektelion

in my opinion this is a straight upgrade from mallet of the tides cause of the dps increase well in my opinion u trade ur 14 expertise rating for 308 armor and 4~ dps.as a human warrior i would take the armor over the expertise cause u still get the racial expertise bonus andthe dps differense.very cool looking sword imo.

Comment by ZequeZ

There is a rogue in the screenshoot D:NINJA! D:

Comment by Gnomeeatr

Haha Dwing warr tank FTW XD

Comment by Sador

For those who care or are looking for "that special" weapon for 4.3, this sword is really cool looking AND it sheathes on your back.

Comment by sorsa

Has anyone looted this in 4.2?

I think I'm going mad, I've literally had EVERY POSSIBLE piece of loot in this instance with the exception of Cataclysm's Edge and Unbreakable Will.

Comment by Sykoo

I have one in my DK's bank. Aiming for a 2nd one tho just in case Blizz only allows the weapon to be transmog'd once.. that way i can duel wield it.

Got it maybe 3 weeks ago now. Havnt seen it drop again.. Still no Cat's Edge... Managed to obtain both fist weapons from Hyjal Summit.. So hoping Blizz allows dk's to use fist weapons in the future at some point.

Comment by DragonsBlood

One of the best looking tank weapons in the game, and since it's not listed as unique, i guess you can dual wield it on a blood dk for show off or you can transmog some weapon into this beauty, either way, it's worth the effort if you care about "the look" :)